Inspirational Quotes by Marsilio Ficino — Words of Wisdom for Daily Success

“In these times I don't, in a manner of speaking, know what I want; perhaps I don't want what I know and want what I don't know.”

“People always live badly today; they only live well tomorrow. For the sake of ambition they strive against each other with evil deeds, but the path to glory would be easier to tread by doing good to one another. Although they always speak evil, they hope to be well spoken of themselves; although they do evil, they hope to receive good. We proclaim that we are the authors of good, but that God is the author of evil.”

“The soul exists partly in eternity and partly in time.”

“Why do we think love is a magician? Because the whole power of magic consists in love. The work of magic is the attraction of one thing by another because of a certain affinity of nature.”